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    Temple (Golden Sand Temple) in Yixing handcrafted a fine quality teapot from local clay. The first Yixing clay teapots were made in the 16th century by...
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    region near the city of Yixing in Jiangsu Province, China, used in Chinese pottery since the Song dynasty (960–1279) when Yixing clay was first mined around...
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    material for teapots, as they tend to retain heat very well. Many traditional Chinese teaware are Yixing ware. Yixing and other regional clays are left unglazed...
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  • Ming2-hu2 Hsi4; with Yangxian being a Qin Dynasty name for Yixing) is a treatise on Yixing clay teapots written by Ming Dynasty author Zhou Gaoqi (Chou Kao-chi;...
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    common method is to use a small steeping vessel, such as a gaiwan or Yixing clay teapot, with a higher than usual leaf to water ratio. Such vessels are used...
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    those for the poor. Exceptions to this include the unglazed Yixing clay teapot, made from a clay believed to suit tea especially well, and Shiwan ware, used...
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  • type of teapot Cube teapot, a British nautical teapot Kyūsu, a Japanese type of teapot Yixing clay teapot, a Chinese type of teapot Tetsubin teapot, a Japanese...
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    purple clay or zisha, a type of prized clay from the region near Yixing in Jiangsu province, China. Similar to Yixing teapots made from the same clay, tea...
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  • Yixing Factory Number One is the oldest teapot factory in China. The factory houses skilled artisans who set strict standards for their work. In 1918,...
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    special kind of purple clay (zisha) from Yixing went on to develop during this period, now known as Yixing zisha teapots. Purple clay's structure was porous...
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    and clay in China, and also bamboo and other woods. Of particular repute are the Yixing clay teapots produced in eastern China, a type of Yixing ware...
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    that some parts of the clay figure are easy to break and fall off when made with mud. Fu, Xi figurines Qing Style Yixing clay teapot Zhonghua-wenming-da-cidian...
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    Yixing (simplified Chinese: 宜兴; traditional Chinese: 宜興; pinyin: Yíxīng) is a county-level city administered under the prefecture-level city of Wuxi in...
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    for developing a type of redware imitation teapot that competed with the popular imported Yixing clay teapots. After the war between the Ming Dynasty and...
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    vessels, especially teapots, jugs and mugs, which were relatively expensive and carefully made and decorated. Chinese Yixing clay teapots, an unglazed stoneware...
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    pay for with gold." In the late 17th century Chinese Yixing clay teapots, made of special Yixing clay, were imported to Europe along with China tea. They...
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    afternoon tea. This is a Chinese Yixing tea set used to serve guest which contains the following items. A Yixing teapot A tray to trap the wasted tea/water...
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  • Xu Sihai (category Teapots)
    Chinese teapot creator, artisan, collector, and curator. Xu was an expert and authority on purple clay teapots, also known as the Yixing clay teapot. In 1992...
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    ceremony is the Gongfu tea ceremony, which typically uses small Yixing clay teapots and oolong tea. In the United Kingdom, 63% of people drink tea daily...
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    Folk Museum, it displays an exhibition of handicrafts, including Yixing clay teapot, Chinese paper cutting, miniature engravings, Chinese opera make-up...
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  • modern Shanghai. The Sihai Teapot Museum was founded in 1992 by Xu Sihai, an expert in purple clay teapots and Yixing ware teapots. In 2009, Xu Sihai also...
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    men's tea'). Brewing vessel such as a teapot (茶壶=chá hú) made from clay, porcelain, and glass such as a Yixing teapot, or a gaiwan. Gongfu brewing vessels...
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    an extensive ceramic industry, including the Yixing pottery factory, which produces Yixing clay teapots. Pollution of the lake has been ongoing for decades...
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  • Gu Jingzhou (category People from Yixing)
    (18 October 1915 in Yixing, Jiangsu – 3 June 1996) was a Chinese ceramic artist who specialised in the creation of zisha-ware teapots. He was a founder...
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    the Yixing clay teapots and cups made from Yixing clay from Jiangsu province are usually left unglazed, and not washed after use, as the clay is believed...
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    use of new teawares types, including teapots, tea caddies and new smaller teacups. Loose-leaf tea and purple clay teaware are still the preferred tea preparation...
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    characters, usually described as "imitation Chinese seal marks" by scholars. Yixing teapots had been reaching Europe over recent decades. It is now accepted that...
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    a number of privately owned museums that display clay figures, ancient furniture, Yixing clay teapots, traditional bricks and tiles and more. Jinxi is...
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    techniques of Chinese ceramics, but for example was and is common on Yixing teapots. It is sometimes used on large celadon vases from the late Yuan dynasty...
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    near Xi'an Yixing Ceramics Museum, 30,000 pieces, mainly from the Yixing area. Czech Republic Museum of Czech Porcelain, Prague Denmark CLAY Keramikmuseum...
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